City revenue remains locked in shuttered ferry businesses

How ridiculous is this? While the current
economic mess is causing New York City to
close firehouses, senior centers, after-school
programs, etc., just about every storefront in
the St. George and Whitehall ferry terminals
remains locked up.
It's hard to imagine what could possibly
justify the loss of millions of dollars in annual
income simply because of a dismal lack of
imagination, will and know-how on the part
of city officials.

I wonder just how many programs could
be saved if the city was collecting the sub´
stantial rents, fees and sales taxes that are
there for the taking.
Michael Bloomberg's big credential as
mayor is his success in the world of business;
that will no doubt be his main argument for
re-election.
And yet he and his advisers apparently
don't have the first clue as how to promote
and manage lucrative commercial leases.
The fact that this has been going on for
years makes me wonder just who is benefit´
ing from this idiocy. Surely, it's not us, the
taxpayers. If Mayor Bloomberg needs help
cracking the code on this, I'm sure that any
College of Staten Island business graduate
would more than happy to lend him a very
qualified hand.